Electrotyper&#39;s builder-iron.



No. 735,587. PATBNTBD AUG. 4, 1903.

V P. A. H. REINISGH, ELEGTROTYPERS BUILDER IRON.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 4, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL A. H. RE INISCH, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

ELECTROTYPERS BUILDER-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,587, dated August 4., 1903.

Application filed March 20, 1903. Serial Ila-148.671. (No model.)

To aZZ whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL A. H. REINIsoH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Electrotypers Builder-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in electrotypers builder-irons.

The object of the invention is to provide a form of device adapted to be used for building up electrotype-forms with melted wax or composition in which the device will be maintained at a constant and uniform heat, thus enabling the user to perform his duties with greater accuracy than with irons which are forge-heated and in which the heat of theiron Varies from a maximum temperature when removed from the forge to a minim-um temperature when it becomes necessary to replace it.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of light weight which can be more easily and accurately manipulated than the devices now in use and also to save time and expense, the forge being dispensed with and a less number of tools required than by the method heretofore practiced.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the head and a portion of the burner-tip as seen from the inner side.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters in both views.

The head 1 is in the form of an inverted hollow metallic cone, with a V-shaped opening at 2 and a small aperture at 3 near the tip for purposes hereinafter explained. A bracket 4 is secured to the head at 5, this being preferably formed of a metallic plate doubled upon itself and apertured for the re-jception of a tubular shank 6, which carriesa.

The shank 6 projects through burner-tip 7. the plate toapoint within the head, as shown, and is adjustably secured in place by a setscrew 8, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. The shank 6 is formed with a hook or gooseneck bend at A near the head end, and the other end of the shank is inserted in a suitable handle 9. Combustible gas is supplied to the burner through a flexible supply-pipe 11, tube 12, and nozzle 13. The gas escaping through the nozzle 13 draws in a supply of air through apertures 14 in the. shank, and the gas and air become thoroughly mixed before reaching the bu-rner-tip.- Fresh air is, however, supplied to the burner through the aperture 2. In use a small flame at the burner 7 keeps the device sufficiently heated. The wax is applied to the head at or near the point b, and the melted wax runs down to the point cand is applied to the forms at the desired places. Any wax melted at the upper end of the head and reaching the interior passes down to the opening 3 and also reaches the point 0. 'the temperature is constant, it is obvious that the consistency of the melted wax will be uniform, thus enabling the user to apply it with great accuracy.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

1. An electrotypers builder-iron, comprising a hollow conical head, open at the top and rear; a gas-burner tip, entering the head at 'the top and connected with the side walls;

and asuitable handle, also connected with the head.

2. An electrotypers builder-iron, comprising a hollow conical head, open at the top and rear, and having walls converging from the top to a point at the lower end; a bracket connected with the head, but supported above the same; a gas-burner tip,entering through the bracket; means for rigidly binding the tip and bracketrtogether; and a suitable handle extending substantially at right angles to the tip.

3. An electrotypers builder-iron, comprising a hollow conical head, having its upper.

portion open and terminating ina point at its lower end; a gas-burner tip, entering the upper portion, and secured thereto; and a handle, projecting substantially at right angles to the center line of the head.

4. An electrotypers builder-iron, comprising a hollow conical head, having its upper 'portion open and its walls terminating in a point at the lower end, and providedwith an aperture adapted to permit the escape of melted wax; saidaperture being located lic gas-supply pipe connected with the head; a flexible supply-pipe connecting the same with a suitable source of gas-supply, and a nozzle leading from the flexible pipe to a point within the metallic pipe; said metallic pipe having air-supply apertures in the rear of the nozzle-tip.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PAUL A. H. REINISOH.

Witnesses:

JAs. B. ERWIN, N. Z. TAUGHER. 

